Kakdah agrees to the idea to explore more on container gardening. We end up purchasing 6 medium size and 3 small size containers or ceramic pots. With gardening soils, the purchase totaled RM60.00. We already have a few bought last year..., but getting more pots offers bigger freedom in vegetable gardening. Vegetables are so pampered that any change in weather will weaken them somehow. So container gardening get round the changing weather... We can always bring them in if storm is coming!! and away from the scorching heat if it is too excessive....

Grasshoppers which love veggies so much, live among the grasses and little bushes,

and having containers closer to the house or at the porch with adequate sunlight

can more or less gurantee pest free greens. That's what we intend to do... But we still grow veggies on vegetable bed, to continue the experiential learning.

Container gardening is fun. The vegetables might need a bit more care then in the garden beet, because the soil in the pots dries out quicker and they might also need more organic fertilizer. It is all a challenge. We plant Strawberries in big containers and they do well, with the help of lots of water and organic fertilizer. We, the vegetable gardener and I do not spray any insecticides.He also planted Potatoes in the pots, we got potatoes but it was not a great success. It is always a challenge the vegetable growing in the subtropics, where we live. I am sure you are successful with your pots as you are very dedicated. Good on you, as we say in Australia. Have a nice week.

Thanks everyone, both new and old friends for the visits and encouraging comments.

Some do container gardening as the only choice to get into serious gardening as Steph pointed out. I cant imagine those staying in beautiful condo, apartment without even a stretch of soil.

It is fun when containers offer such flexibility. We experiment on them to find the best spot for a particular plant. We can even take them in and put blanket around them in freezing winter and bath them in scorching heat.

To go away over weekends, some can be send to friends to look after temporarily.

I will give a try, eng .. feed them with banana.

We can play around with the arrangement and give a touch of creativity to make the house the garden receptive to what we want and need...

And corns in containers as pointed out by Kim and Victoria is just an example of the kind of flexibility container gardening can offer...

Oh I forgot to mention earlier but you might have experience it already. I find that these pots doesn't drain well if they are just place on the ground like that. I place some rocks below the container to lift up the container a little higher than the ground. This way, the holes don't get stuck and when there is a heavy downpour, water drains out faster below and would 'flood' the plants above.